The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NUI DAT, VIETNAM. 1966-10. TWO BROTHERS MAN THE WATER SUPPLY POINT AT HEADQUARTERS OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN TASK FORCE (1ATF). THEY ARE SAPPER RAY ST LEON (LEFT), OF SYDNEY, NSW, AND SAPPER DAVID ST LEON OF DENILIQUIN, NSW. BOTH ARE MEMBERS OF 1 FIELD SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. THEY JOINED THE ARMY TOGETHER AND HAVE SINCE SERVED IN THE SAME UNIT IN MALAYSIA.
Vietnam. 1966-03-11. Ready-made water supply for their water bottles is snapped up by Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Les Idiens of Telopea, Tas (left), Private (Pte) Vic Jackson of Liverpool, NSW (centre), an
Vietnam. 1966-12. A Vietnamese oxen cart being overtaken by an Australian Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) in Phuoc Tuy Province. The carriers were employed on a road safety mission near the 1st Austr
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1966-09-02. The Commander, Australian Force Vietnam, Major General (Maj Gen) Kenneth Mackay (left), the Australian Ambassador to Vietnam, Mr Lewis Border (centre), and the Commander,
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1966-10. Father Duggan of Naremburn, NSW, Roman Catholic chaplain for the Australian Logistic Support Group and Headquarters, 1st Australian Task Force, giving absolution after confe
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1966-12. Members of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) were entertained by Lucky Starr and and members of his concert troupe as a special treat for Christmas. Sitting in the audien
Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1966-12. Popular Australian entertainer Lucky Starr, on stage with his guitar, sings to a large audience of diggers. Lucky's concert was a special Christmas treat for the soldiers of
